Is anyone else getting authorization failures when trying to play Netflix movies through WMC? I just noticed this last night. It was working fine a few days ago and I get the same message on 2 different pc's. They do play thru Internet Explorer though.

From what research I have done over the past 24 hours, it is true that there have been ongoing problems with WMC and Netflix. However, I believe that there is now something new going on.

I Have tried every combination of fresh install, registry hacks, dns change ups, etc, to no avail. On all of my systems, with multiple netflix accounts and from multiple ip addresses.

The only thing that I was able to find, when running Fiddler (web debugging tool), there is a 404 error when a movie is selected in WMC, before it is even played. Also, I was able to remove computer devices from my netflix accounts, now they do not show up despite being able to log in via WMC and play through any browser.

If I had to guess, netflix made some sort of change (they have been doing a lot of that lately).

If anyone is still able to stream Netflix via WMC (windows 7 x64, home, pro, or ultimate) I would like to hear about it, as there could be something I am missing.

For now, I am just going to wait and hope that the problem is fixed or a hotfix is rolled out.

I'm also getting this failure now without any updates on the HTPC. My wife just complained today. I hope this gets fixed soon, but if anybody has a link for somebody to complain too I will happily voice my opinion to them. Already called Netflix and the automated machine says they are having problems streaming to certain devices. Giving them the benefit of the doubt that they will fix this along with their other problems.

Does anyone have a working Netflix for their 7 media center?? Did whatever updates Microsoft rolled out this week break it for everybody? It seems more widescale than anything before (related to this plugin) so hopefully the solution will come quickly.

I'm also having this problem. It seems to be system-wide, and also effects Roku and some blu-ray players.

Not to hijack this thread, but since netflix started combining all seasons of TV shows into one "title" and then listing all 500 episodes under the "episodes" tab, how the heck are you guys scrolling down through those with your remote? If I want to watch something in season 8, I'd have to scroll for 10 minutes with my remote to get that far down the list. I end up getting up and using the mouse scroll wheel.

By far, Netflix has been the number one source of issues with my HTPC. I've experienced 404 errors, page authorization problems, screen freezes, etc. This has been going on for about 4-5 months consistently.

By far, Netflix has been the number one source of issues with my HTPC. I've experienced 404 errors, page authorization problems, screen freezes, etc. This has been going on for about 4-5 months consistently.

If this continues, I will have to drop Netflix...

Thats a shame because 99% of the problem is the app itself, not the netflix service.

Yep…Netflix is busted in WMC7… Noticed it last night.
I thought it was fall-out from a recent install of a MSI Radeon HD5450 card.
I am having some issues with the ATI Catalyst software; was about ready to yank out the 5450HD card and toss it on suspicion that it had killed my Netflix wiz-banger.

My TV and tivo have been quite unreliable with many netflix titles the last couple days. I get the "try later" on the TV app and the tivo likes to suddenly drop to the main menu for no reason halfway through, or takes 2-3 tries to start the stream.

Grabbing my laptop and playing from browser and a hdmi cable has never failed...

fixed here too ... upon trying to play something tonight, I saw the error once again, followed close on by and MCE dialong "MCE must log on to NF with your account, ok?" ... hit YES, and playback commenced for first time in 3-4 days.